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Too Much Timme: No. Julian Strawther and Andrew Nembhard threw a couple of Tshiebwe has career-high 30 as No. John's Champagnie is do-it-all man St. John's Julian Champagnie appears to be playing himself into position to be a first-round NBA draft pick. The Green Wave have gone at home. Tulane is in games decided by at Ayala, Russell lead Maryland past Northwestern in double OT Eric Ayala finished with career highs of 26 points and 11 rebounds and Fatts Russell scored 13 of his 23 points after regulation to help Maryland fend off Northwestern in double overtime.

Freshmen lead No. Hawkins, Creighton Bluejays to visit Johnson, No. That included a win over first-place Colgate, two wins over second-place American, and two three-point road losses to champion Boston University, the latter coming in the Patriot League Tournament semifinals.

Lafayette enters the weekend with a record after splitting a pair of games with Lehigh. The Leopards nearly got them both, but they were stunned on a Marques Wilson buzzer-beater in Saturday's overtime loss in Bethlehem. A day later, Lafayette bounced back for an home victory. Senior guard Justin Jaworski was the story for the Leopards. He poured in 37 points in the season opener before being "held" to 28 a day later.

Jaworski is averaging a national-best Lafayette actually had two point scorers in Saturday's loss, as senior guard E. Stephens backed up Jaworski's 37 with 30 of his own. Both of this week's Patriot League honorees will be on the floor together this weekend.

The pregame show begins 30 minutes before tip-off both days. The audio feed is also available online free of charge via BucknellBison. Live statistics can be accessed via BucknellBison. For starters, non-conference play was prohibited, pushing the start of the season back to Jan.

In an effort to minimize travel, teams will generally play the same opponent on back-to-back days at opposite sites. There will be a few exceptions where two teams play at the same site on consecutive days, such as when Bucknell travels to Colgate on Jan. The Patriot League Tournament will consist of just eight teams this year instead of the normal full field of The three division winners will be seeded , the division runners-up will be seeded , and the next best remaining records will be seeded 7 and 8.

Recapping Last Week Bucknell dropped a couple of tough games to a good Navy team last weekend. The Midshipmen overcame a point second-half deficit to take the opener at Alumni Hall on Saturday, and a day later they swiped a victory after Paul Newman and Cam Davis traded heroics in the final seconds. The Bison seemed to be in control with a lead with to play in Saturday's game in Annapolis, but then they went ice cold as Navy rallied to win. Bucknell missed their final 13 field-goal attempts, and the Midshipmen finished the game on a run.

Junior guard Andrew Funk scored all 14 of his points in the second half, junior wing Walter Ellis logged 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and freshman center Andre Screen have the Bison 15 productive minutes off the bench with nine points and six rebounds. Of course, having No. Defensively we were not nearly as good as we were before we went on pause, and we know we are going to have be better there going up to Colgate on Wednesday.

All four returned to practice this week, and Meeks in particular carried the Bison in the first half against Lafayette, even though the host got out to a torrid start. The Leopards hit four of their first six 3-pointers of the day, and the Bison found themselves down by as many as nine on a couple of occasions, the latter after an E. Stephens 3-point play made it at the mark. But then Meeks started to take over.

He spun in the lane for a bucket while drawing a foul, he hit a fadeaway jumper on the wing, and then he buried a 3-pointer from the top of the key to quickly answer a Jaworski three. Meeks grabbed two straight offensive rebounds in one flurry, with his second stick-back resulting in a 3-point play, cutting the margin to with left. Meeks then kicked the ball out of a double team for a tying three from Rice, who then followed with another trey and layup, giving him eight straight points and the Bison a lead after an run.

Neal Quinn stopped the flurry with a 3-point play of his own, but Bucknell scored the final seven points of the half, six coming from Meeks, who finished with 23 points in the opening 20 minutes. Bucknell limited Lafayette to just the single field goal from Quinn over the last , and the run gave the Bison a lead at the break.

The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Bouyed by 20 offensive rebounds and 17 steals, the Leopards improved to on the season, while the Bison fell to Stephens scored a game-high 18 points to lead Lafayette, while Andrew Funk scored 15 points for Bucknell.

Xander Rice scored nine points and handed out a team-high three assists for the Bison. Miles Latimer , making his Bucknell debut, contributed nine points. Andre Screen scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked three shots and recorded a pair of steals.